paralytic
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- noun
- /ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk/
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paralítico
- Jesus had been healing the paralytic, and when Jesus said the words, the man got up and walked.
- paralytic drug
- paralytic drug called succinylcholine
- fast-acting paralytic
Examples
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Why did Jesus heal the paralytic at the Sheep's Pool, and not all the other people with problems who were also waiting there?
Blog text (7) -
Many paralytics struggle to adapt to their new circumstances, needing special care and support.
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Now, if a paralytic wears a ring pressed from this metal, he will rise up and stagger away without assistance.
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The paralytic will render him motionless from the neck down, assuring there will be no interference with our diagnostics.
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After the accident, he became a paralytic and required assistance to move around.
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The charity event aimed to raise funds for the treatment of paralytics in our community.
Synonyms
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A person who cannot move their arms and legs, often after a spinal cord injury
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A person who has no movement or feeling in the lower body because of a spine injury
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A person who cannot move one side of their body
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A person with partial paralysis that makes movement weak
A person who has weakness or partial loss of movement on one side of the body
A person with partial loss of movement in both legs
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How Paralysed
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Etymology
Paralytic comes from old Greek parts para- and lysis, meaning 'beside' and 'to loosen'. You can see the same idea in the verb paralyze, which means to make something unable to move, so a paralytic is a person who cannot move because of paralysis.